Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Multiple passage filling means for diverse materials or flows – With baffle – spreader – displacer – drip ring – filter or screen
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-15
2006-08-15
Maust, Timothy L. (Department: 3751)
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Multiple passage filling means for diverse materials or flows
With baffle, spreader, displacer, drip ring, filter or screen
C141S285000, C141S366000, C141S363000, C141S364000, C141S365000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07089975
ABSTRACT:
A spouted container (10) constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and configured for storing fluids and transferring the stored fluids to a fluid receiving receptacle such as a lawn mower fluid reservoir (R) is disclosed. The illustrated spouted container (10) broadly includes a storage container (12), a self-venting spout (14) removably coupled to the container (12), a collar (16) for removably coupling the spout (14) to the container (12), and a cap (18) for closing the spout (14) and/or the container (12). The collar (16) cooperates with an inventive sealing disc (32) and a neck (24) to create a gasket-less seal between the spout (14) and the storage container (12) that is adjustable yet prevents undesirable fluid leakage when the spout (14) is in either a pour or a storage position. The spout (14) is a self-venting spout that includes an air-venting passageway (34) formed in part by a flange (60). The inventive flanged configuration of the passageway (34) diverts fluid away from the distal-most end (34a) of the passageway (34) thereby enabling fluid to not only smoothly flow, but also to rapidly flow out of the internal chamber (22) under the influence of gravity when the spout (14) is open in the pour position and the storage container (12) is at least partially inverted.
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Declaration of Inventor, Larry L. Chrisco, executed Apr. 6, 2004.
Declaration of inventor, Charlie L. Forbis, executed Apr. 12, 2004.
Chrisco Larry L.
Forbis Charlie L.
Blitz U.S.A. Inc.
Hovey & Williams, LLP
Maust Timothy L.
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